Medical School Honors Two Faculty Members

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two faculty members in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences were honored recently for excellence in scientific achievement at the medical school's annual faculty meeting.

Bruce A. Holm, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and gynecology-obstetrics, and associate dean for research and graduate studies, received the George Thorn Young Investigator Award recognizing an outstanding young scientist in the UB medical school.

The recipient of this award must be under 45 years of age, demonstrate outstanding scientific achievement and past and continued contributions to the academic programs and creative environment of the UB medical school and the academic community.

Holm, a resident of Batavia, won the award for his research on lung surfactant and oxygen toxicity affecting alveolar cells. His research has attracted millions of dollars in grant awards to UB. He also was commended for his "exemplary commitment to students and the academic programs at UB."

Maurizio Trevisan, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, received the 1999 Stockton Kimball Award, honoring a faculty member for a career of "consistent academic accomplishment, national and international recognition as an accomplished investigator, and evidence of significant research contributions while at UB."

He will present the Stockton Kimball Lecture at next year's annual faculty meeting.

Trevisan is known internationally for his research into cardiovascular disease risk factors. He is chief investigator for UB's Women's Health Initiative Vanguard Center, one of 16 centers across the U.S. selected in 1993 to develop the guidelines and protocol, as well as conduct trials, for the 12-year, $625 million, nation-wide study of diseases that affect women. The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health. UB's grant totaled $11 million.